The story
- Old English · derived fromcælf
- English todayCauldon
From Old English cælf or celf + dūn (“hill where calves graze”), recorded as Celfdun in 1002, and Caldone by 1086 (DB).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A small village in Waterhouses parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0749). Full definition →
From Old English cælf or celf + dūn (“hill where calves graze”), recorded as Celfdun in 1002, and Caldone by 1086 (DB).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.